Tonight many churches held the rite of consecration of water. The Orthodox Christians began to celebrate one of the biggest holidays – Epithany. Hundreds of people gathered for the service at the Raifa Monastery, the consecration of water was performed by Metropolitan of Kazan and Tatarstan Feofan.
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